Thursday, March 17, 2011

It was with bad mother singlemindedness that I tackled the ex-Dinosaur Egg yesterday. I’ve been itching to get on to it since last week and nothing was stopping me. Amazingly, we did not eat baked beans for dinner – I outdid myself with uberness and presented health-giving salad (with sprouts!) and trout for dinner. But all failed on the clean undies front this morning and the middle is wearing his bathers.

So yesterday was all about glue gunning and hacking into thrifted doilies and tablecloths. Things are a bit iffy around the edges (at least at the back)...

Then I picked up a kid from school and then I made a milkshake.

The middle kid was keen until he saw what went in to the concoction: One litre of natural yoghurt, a tablespoon of sugar and a healthy dose of moss and moss spores. Mmmmm.

The theory is that the gloop, if kept in the right environment, will promote the growth of moss over the ex-Dinosaur Egg. The theory is the same for growing moss on rocks. The other theory is that the moss may just grow to look like a green fuzzy doily.

There was nothing delicate about the application...

...and I can confirm that the heady waft of warm yoghurt and moss spores stays with you for a surprisingly long time after you’ve hosed yourself down.

On the up side, there was a miraculously moisturising effect. I have one super-stinky but almost youthful-looking hand. Posh cosmetic companies take note.

For a split second there I thought the mossy milkshake was for the kids to drink. I am sure the dinosaur egg will be ever grateful for the beauty cream. I can smell your milk shake too, as this morning I discovered in our car some mouldy growth under a doll on the floor, amidst all the crumbs - it smells like off-yoghurt. If only I knew what it was......

Fantastic! It looks beautiful in there amongst the trees, so looking forward to watching it's develpoment..I love that your kid is wearing undies due to no clean ones, LOVE that, mine would just choose to go without..!

there's nothing quite like getting yoghurt gloop over all your hands.Cant wait to see it do it's cultured goodness.And if all else fails, you have a new potential career path, natural beauty products xo

A kindred spirit. I've posted about my doily wrapping rock adventures today but mine is pint size compared to yours. Plus, my hot glue gun turned on me..Had I been armed with some cool mossy yoghurt, perhaps my burns would not have been so bad! Where on earth did you get 'dinasour egg' inspired rock from? Love it. It looks huge in your pictures.

I can't wait to see it! I made your Malaysian Chicken last week (6th July 2010 post) - it's one of my favourites. While the chicken was simmering I popped in to see what was happening with you after a long blog visiting hiatus. You had me giggling! Glad to see you didn't lose your nerve with the dinosour egg;)

oh god that 'splat' photo had me near retching... or keeling over laughing. Please grow moss. Did you see that grand design that hadn't growed after 12 months of yoghurt and cow poo application!? I am wishing for moss for you. Checkout my mosses here for wish-speration...http://spectacularfairywren.blogspot.com/2011/03/cryptogams-moss-lichen-hornworts-and.html

I'd have sent you a paving slab from my back yard , if I'd known you wanted to grow GREEN FRONDS ..... The mould on the step outside our back door is positively lush this year .Perhaps I should mix it with yoghurt and honey and stop buying moisturiser ?

Hello Tania! You really got my attention - vow amazing! How great to see real dinosaur-egg - and your project is something else! Like someone wrote, I thought one second that you have exiting salad today...sorry. This is going to be unbelievable! Sunny wishes from Crete! Teje

Please keep us updated. I love picturing some of the conversations that must happen around your dinner table "so what did you do today? oh nothing much just doilied up our local dinosaur egg" wonderful!

i was quite relieved to see that you used old tablecloths to cover the egg. i thought that you were going to do all of the handiwork, then glue, then moss smoothie it. that would be crazy making for me. i look forward to your results.

About Me

Mother of three, wife to one, designer and craftster of the slightly obsessive kind. Myrtle and Eunice were two lovely old ladies who connected weekly over the Scrabble tiles. These Saturday battles of will and skill were a ritual as comfy as a hot Milo and handknitted blanket on a frosty day.